THE GRANITE STATE
The Granite State is a smart and topical new comedy about aging, love, loss, literature, family - and blackmail. It is about both the responsibility of being an artist and the price one pays - not to mention the price one pays for being related to an artist. George is a famous novelist who has secluded himself in a New Hampshire farmhouse where he broods upon the death of his third wife and his fears of aging. When he unexpectedly wins a major literary prize with a serious cash award attached, his world collapses into chaos upon the arrival of his son and future daughter-in-law; his new girlfriend, a beautiful and smart Russian stripper with a passion for literature; and his two ex-wives, one, an actress, the other, once the model for the "iconic sixties feral-child hippie sex goddess" in George's first major novel, now a Texas Tea Party stalwart. The inevitable explosion of recriminations, ego, need, jealousy and greed is fueled by extreme weather, Russian food and plenty of vodka but ultimately resolved by a bundle of forgotten letters and a chainsaw. Listed by The Boston Globe as one of six theatre events among "New England''s Thirty-Five Can''t Miss Arts Events of the Season."'
Cast of 6 (2 men, 4 women) One interior set.
Translated into Russian by Olga Varshaver and Tatiana Tulchinsky under the title "Старик-гора" ("Old Man Mountain") , published in 2019 in the magazine, "SOVREMENNAYA DRAMATURGIYA" ("Modern Drama") as "Джордж и его женщины" ("George and His Women")
"It was a pleasure to premiere Charles Morey's funny and moving comedy, THE GRANITE STATE, at the Peterborough Players. It touched a resonant nerve with our audience, provided meaty roles for our acting company and proved very popular at the box office."
Gus Kaikkonen, Artistic Director, Peterborough Players
INTERVIEW WITH KENNETH JONES ON "THE GRANITE STATE" - AND MORE
"The Granite State," the Latest Act for Playwright Charles Morey, Premieres in New Hampshire
July 8th, 2014
Playwright and director Charles Morey talks about The Granite State, his Cowardesque new American comedy premiering July 23-Aug. 3 at Peterborough Players, his first and continuing artistic home, in southern New Hampshire. The play reflects the New England geography of the venerable summer stock troupe, but it also draws on the playwright''s continue reading...’
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